Healthy Thanksgiving | Holiday Recipes | ACT Wellness Center

The perfect Thanksgiving dinner is when you feel good after your meal. Feeling bloated, fatigued and puffy might seem “typical” but it’s not healthy. Bloating is usually connected to what you’re eating and stuffing yourself.

You don’t have to compromise your good health during the holiday season. Combat the Thanksgiving bloat by reading your food labels and make healthier choices. Perhaps it’s the food additives making you feel so bad. Food additives such as Maltodextrin, MSG and caramel coloring could be the culprits. Here are some healthy Thanksgiving recipes for the whole family.

Thanksgiving recipes: Delicious and healthy options

Looking for a “beyond organic” turkey this Thanksgiving? By exchanging the conventional turkey for an organic one you will be saving yourselves from digesting all the chemicals. Your organic turkey is not only better for you, but actually taste better! At Ployface farms, a portable hoop-house offers shelter to the turkeys; it’s moved every couple of days to a fresh pasture. This allows the turkeys to ingest copious amounts of grass and nutrients.

Dressing

½ cup canola oil

4 tablespoons fresh squeezed orange juice

2 tablespoons honey

1 tablespoon water

1 shalot minced

Cut greens from beets and reserve. Scrub beets & peel. Cut beets in about 1” dice keeping red & gold beets separated as the red will bleed on to the gold. Toss separately with olive oil, season with salt & pepper. Keeping the beets separate place on sheet pan. Heat the oven to 375 and roast 30 minutes or until fork tender.